OPTIMUM Blog
Articles and Interviews from Leaders, Influencers, and Experts
Finding Significance in Unusual Places
Because I speak on the subject of transcending mere success and achieving true significance, I am often asked who I believe to have been most significant. I know they expect... Read More
The 5 Dysfunctions of Problem Solving for Leaders
Being alive, mean you’ve encountered countless problems. The million dollar question is how effective were you in resolving it? We often become comfortable to doing life as usual, not realizing... Read More
Networking Requires You to be Yourself
Have you ever been at a networking function talking to someone when during the conversation you felt very self-conscious trying to say the right thing? Were you afraid that maybe... Read More
Don’t leave home without a bottom line
While preparing to leave McKenzie Court – my beloved public housing community in Tuscaloosa, Alabama – to attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison, I needed some “non-negotiable bottom line principles” to... Read More
Authentic Leadership: Be True to Your Authentic Self
Authentic leadership is leading through your true authentic self. It’s a leadership style that requires the leader to first know who they are before they can lead anyone else. In... Read More
So What Am I Afraid Of?
Did you realize many people have a condition called Afraid to Succeed? It’s true. This is more common than you know. Either you or someone close to you is teetering... Read More
Bold Leaders Resolve Conflict With Confidence
I grew up watching Emma Peels on the TV show The Avengers. Everything she did from walking into a room, handling a difficult conversation or delivering a fierce side-kick, she did... Read More
Leadership A.C.T.
The qualities, skills and character traits of a leader all determine what kind of leader we will be. We must be able to lead ourselves before we can effectively lead... Read More
When the Going Gets Tough, Do You Give Up or Dig in?
Michael Jordan didn’t make the cut for his high school basketball team. J.K. Rowling wrote the first Harry Potter as a single mother on welfare. The Chicken Soup for the... Read More
Empowered Leadership: Sharing the Power between the LEADER and the Team
It seems that every decade or so there is some new fad the runs through the business world in terms of leadership and in the world of diversity management, downsizing,... Read More
Staying Motivated to Achieve Success
You know what it’s like. You set yourself a goal, something you want to achieve. You are excited and ready to take on the world, and then a few months... Read More
Goal Setting: A Way to Achieve Your Dreams
Wonder why some women can not achieve what they dream of becoming? Blame it on the lack of setting goals to achieve their dreams. Setting goals is a very significant of success and... Read More